Quote by Matthew Arnold
Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a c

Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. – Matthew Arnold

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Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold

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Belief
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Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
The years that are not more. – Matthew Arnold

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Past, the
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It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people. – Anthony Kiedis

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Beauty

My beauty icon is Angelina Jolie. – Ashley Benson

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Beauty

My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the 60s. I just remember watching her do her makeup all the time. She always had her nails done, makeup on – her face was ready to go when she went out. I loved it. – Emmanuelle Chriqui

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Beauty

I really like to be able to have variety and to try different things – thats the beauty of fashion. – Leighton Meester

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Beauty

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Business can be a source of progressive change. – Jerry Greenfield

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Business

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Proverbs in Prose

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Health

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. – Henry Ward Beecher

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sad